Wilmette Woman Feared Kidnaped

January 08, 1986

Police are seeking a 19-year-old Wilmette woman who possibly was abducted from her home Tuesday morning, and her former boyfriend is being sought for questioning in the case. Dana Ann Sandford, of 230 Laurel Lane, was reported missing at 10:30 a.m. after her mother found the basement door of the home forced open and her daughter`s curling iron and the radio turned on in the bathroom, said Wilmette Deputy Police Chief Donald Sternberg. There were signs of a struggle as well, Sternberg said. Sandford`s former boyfriend, William Shinker, 20, of 10479 Deerlove Rd., Glenview, had told his mother that he was going to Cleveland for a week`s vacation from work, Sternberg said. Wilmette police have told Indiana and Ohio state police and Cleveland police to watch for the two and for Shinker`s white, late-model Mercury hatchback, with Illinois license plate number MXD 997.